Attorney General, Minister for Industrial Relations,

and Minister for Fair Trading, representing the

Minister for Education and Training, and Minister

Assisting the Premier on Youth Affairs: Is it a fact

that a number of parents who home school their

children have been waiting since early this year for

new registration certificates to continue to home

school their children? Does the Minister agree that

the Act requires the Minister to "as soon as

practicable ... obtain advice on the application from

an authorised person" regarding the application from

a parent to home school the child? Can the Minister

ascertain whether any home schooling parents have

been denied registration on the grounds of non-

compliance with ministerial guidelines or the home

schooling regulation recently disallowed? Does the

Minister agree that it is unlawful for the Board of

Studies or the Department of School Education to

insist on compliance with the ministerial guidelines

enshrined in the home schooling regulation since

that regulation was recently disallowed in this

Parliament? Since the disallowance was agreed to by

the House, how and when will consultation occur

with the concerned home schoolers?

question to the Minister for Education and Training,

and Minister Assisting the Premier on Youth Affairs

and obtain a response.